3/30/12 Intro to Art

Today's Class- Today we began our first individually graded project of the semester, relating to the concept of narrative (telling stories) in art. We looked at slides from cave paintings, through the Renaissance, and to the present, discussing how symbols and allegories were used to represent ideas in visual art. We also looked at a few actual examples of the project from previous semesters. More examples can be seen above and below. We reserved time at the end of class for looking at more examples of art from the research papers and some of the photos taken by the class.

How to make this up- You will use a comic strip format to tell an autobiographical story from your past. You and the other characters in the story will be represented by symbols, that either should have some personal meaning to the people involved, or relate to the story in some way. The story can be something significant or inconsequential, and take place over a long or short period of time. It will be done in 12 panels over 2 sheets of your 18" x 24" paper. You may sketch it out in pencil, but the color will all come from pastels. Pen or markers can be used to write dialog and captions. More information about the project and another student example can be found here.

Homework- You will be given almost all of our next class meeting to work on the project. You don't have to work on it before then, but you should have your story and characters picked out by then, so you can go right to work on it. The completed comic strip will be due at the beginning of class on April 20, 2012.

Those who still owe me their research assignment or didn't have their photos today should bring them in as soon as possible.

********April 6, 2012 Good Friday Holiday**********

***********No class meeting next week*************

For next class 4/13/12- We will continue to work on the autobiographical comic strips, while students print the collagraph plates (stuff glued to cardboard) that we made a few weeks ago. Bring your completed collagraph plate, your 18" x 24" pad, pencil and eraser, and pastels.